[Effects of cognitive behavioral counseling on body Image alternations in women undergone mastectomy]

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women throughout the world and for most women mastectomy result in the loss of a body part that is viewed as essential for maintaining feminity, attractiveness and self-esteem. In order to prevent impaired body image, one should accept the changes of her body shape. To determine the effect of counseling on mean of body image score in women undergone mastectomy. In this quasi-experimental designed study, 72 women undergone mastectomy referring to an oncology and radioactive center in Isfahan were randomly selected by convenient sampling and studied. The experimental group [n = 32] participated in 6 sessions of counseling. Data were collected using questionnaire and statistical analysis was performed by the paired and independent t test using spss software. The results indicated a significantly different between mean of body image score before and after counseling in experimental group[P < 0 /001]. Also a significantly different was seen in mean of body image score after counseling in experimental and control group[P < 0 /001]